The Spring 2017 UEFI Seminar and Plugfest occurred on March 27-31 at the Wanda Hilton Hotel in Nanjing, China and provided firmware thought leaders, developers and researchers an opportunity to learn about the latest firmware innovations and test UEFI platforms and devices. The keynote titled “UEFI Has Promoted the Development of China Computer Industry” was presented by Guangnan Ni from the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a critical force in landing UEFI in China.

In anticipation of the first China-based UEFI event in ten years, over 20 new members in China joined the UEFI Forum—indicating significant interest in UEFI technology in the greater China region. Additionally, in attendance from the region were prominent member companies including H3C and Inspur, Lenovo, Loongson Technology Corporation Limited, and Sugon.

While the Chinese market has widely adopted UEFI technology in traditional devices like PCs and servers and used it for CPU and OS development, the Forum continues to witness UEFI adoption into IoT, virtual reality, storage, cloud-computing and datacenter platforms.

“This event encouraged increased adoption of UEFI as an enabling technology that meets China’s interest in supporting indigenous technologies,” Mark Doran, UEFI Forum President, said. “UEFI is a common framework; it’s a bridge between different market segments and architectures. Ultimately, UEFI creates new opportunities for business and developers and encourages the continued international evolution of the open source community.”

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Presentations from the Spring 2017 UEFI Seminar and Plugfest can be viewed here.

Through a collaborative approach with world-class companies, institutions and experts, the UEFI Forum advances innovation in firmware technology standards. These extensible, globally-adopted UEFI specifications bring new functionality and enhanced security to the evolution of devices, firmware and operating systems. The Forum also collaborates with other standards groups that are essential to computing. For more information about the UEFI Forum and current specifications go to www.uefi.org.

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